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Orthoptera and Allies in the Maritime Provinces, Canada: New Records and Updated Provincial Checklists The Canadian Field-Naturalist Volume 132, Number 4 October–December 2018 Orthoptera and allies in the Maritime provinces, Canada: new records and updated provincial checklists JOHN KLYMKO1, *, PAUL CATLING2, JEFFREY B. OGDEN3, ROBERT W. HARDING4, DONALD F. MCALPINE5, SARAH L. ROBINSON1, DENIS A. DOUCET6, and CHRISTOPHER I.G. ADAM7 1Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, P.O. Box 6416, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 4G7 Canada 2170 Sanford Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K2C 0E9 Canada 370 Arthur Street, Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 1X6 Canada 43505 Route 3, Summerville, Prince Edward Island C0A 1R0 Canada 5New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 Canada 6Fundy National Park, P.O. Box 1001, Alma, New Brunswick E4H 1B4 Canada 765 Nottingham Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 4W8 Canada *Corresponding author: [email protected] Klymko, J., P. Catling, J.B. Ogden, R.W. Harding, D.F. McAlpine, S.L. Robinson, D.A. Doucet, and C.I.G. Adam. 2018. Orthoptera and allies in the Maritime provinces, Canada: new records and updated provincial checklists. Canadian Field-Naturalist 132(4): 319–329. https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v132i4.1984 Abstract We provide an updated checklist of Orthoptera and their allies for each Maritime province of Canada with details for 21 new species records. Drumming Katydid (Meconema thalassinum), recorded from Nova Scotia (NS) and Prince Edward Island (PEI), and Sprinkled Grasshopper (Chloealtis conspersa), recorded from New Brunswick (NB) are reported for the first time from the Maritimes as a whole. We report range extensions in the Maritime region for Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae; NB), Treetop Bush Katydid (Scudderia fasciata; NS), Short-legged Camel Cricket (Ceuthophilus brevipes; PEI), Spotted Camel Cricket (Ceuthophilus maculatus; PEI), Roesel’s Shield-backed Katydid (Roeseliana roesellii; NS), and Black-horned Tree Cricket (Oecanthus nigricornis; PEI). Short-winged Mole Cricket (Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus; NB) and European Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa; NS) are reported as adventives (non-native species that are believed to be not yet estab- lished), new to Canada from the Maritimes. Other new records for species not known to be established are Lined Earwig (Doru taeniatum; NS), Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae; PEI), American Cockroach (Periplaneta ameri­ cana; NB), Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea; PEI), Smooth Cockroach (Nyctibora laevigata; NB), West Indian Leaf Cockroach (Blaberus discoidalis; NB), an unidentifiedParcoblatta species (NB), Brown-banded Cockroach (Supella longi­ palpa; PEI), Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa; NB), and American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana; NS). Key words: Orthopteroid; Orthoptera; Dermaptera; Blattodea; Mantodea; Maritime provinces; new species; range extensions Introduction Although only species with an extant or previously es- A comprehensive treatment of Canada’s Orthoptera tablished population should be considered part of the and allies (orthopteroids), including Canadian range region’s fauna, we follow Vickery and Scudder (1987) maps for all reported species, was published in 1985 and report non-native species that have been collect- (Vickery and Kevan 1985). This was quickly followed ed in a jurisdiction but are not believed to be estab- by an update of the Canadian fauna with provincial- lished there. These are adventive species and include level checklists (Vickery and Scudder 1987). Since then, intercepts taken from shipped goods and vehicles. reports of new orthopteroid records for the Maritime Vouchers reported here have been deposited in the provinces have appeared in several publications, most New Brunswick Museum (NBM, with accession num- notably Catling et al. (2013) with ten new provincial ber indicated), the Atlantic Forestry Centre (AFC), the records. Other recent reports include Chandler (1992), Université de Moncton (UDM), the Nova Scotia Mu- Catling et al. (2009), McAlpine (2009), Scudder and seum (NSM), the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Vickery (2010), McAlpine and Ogden (2012), Clem- Resources collection at Shubenacadie (NSNR), the pri- ents et al. (2013), and McAlpine et al. (2015). vate collection of J.B.O. (JBO), and Agriculture and In this paper, we add to this growing body of work Agri-food Canada, Charlottetown (AACC). Common with 21 new provincial records and provide updated names are from CESCC (2016), except where men- provincial checklists to reflect the additions since 1987. tioned in Table 1. A contribution towards the cost of this publication has been provided by the Thomas Manning Memorial Fund of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club. 319 ©The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club 320 TABLE 1. Orthoptera and allies (Orthopteroids) in the Maritime provinces of Canada: New Brunswick (NB), Prince Edward Island (PEI), and Nova Scotia (NS). Occurrence‡ Order Family Subfamily Species* Common name† NB PEI NS Dermaptera Spongiphoridae Labiinae Labia minor (L. 1758) Lesser Earwig N N Forficulidae Forficulinae Forficula auricularia L. 1758 European Earwig N-9 N-6 N Doru taeniatum (Dohrn 1862) Lined Earwig A-6 A-11 Mantodea Mantidae Mantinae Mantis religiosa (L. 1758) Praying Mantis A/N-11 A/N-4 Blattodea Blattidae Blattinae Blatta orientalis L. 1758 Oriental Cockroach N Periplaneta americana (L. 1758) American Cockroach A/N-11 N Periplaneta australasiae Australian Cockroach N-11 A/N-11 N (Fabricius 1775) Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister 1838 Brown Cockroach A/N-11 N-4 a Nyctoborinae Nyctibora laevigata (Beauvois 1805) Smooth Cockroach T A-11 a HE Polyzosteriinae Eurycotis floridana (Walker 1868) Skunk Cockroach A a Blaberidae Blaberinae Blaberus discoidalis Serville 1839 West Indian Leaf Cockroach A-11 C a Panchlorinae Panchlora nivea (L. 1758) Green Banana Cockroach A A ANADIAN Oxyhaloinae Rhyparobia maderae (Fabricius 1781) Madeira Cockroacha A Epilampridae Epilamprinae Colapteroblatta nigra (Brunner von Round-backed Cockroacha A Wattenwyl 1892) F Ectobiidae Pseudophyllodromiinae Supella longipalpa (Fabricius 1798) Brown-banded Cockroach A/N-11 N-4 IELD Blattellinae Blattella germanica (L. 1767) German Cockroach N N N Ectobiinae Ectobius lapponicus (L. 1758) Dusky Cockroach N-7 N-1 N-7 - Orthoptera Rhaphidophoridae Ceuthophilinae Ceuthophilus brevipes Scudder 1862 Short-legged Camel Cricket X X-11 X N Ceuthophilus guttulosus Walker 1869 Speckled Camel Cricket X A T Ceuthophilus maculatus (Harris 1841) Spotted Camel Cricket X X-11 X URALIS Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae Scudderia curvicauda (De Geer 1773) Curve-tailed Bush Katydid X X X Scudderia fasciata (Beutenmüller 1894) Treetop Bush Katydid X-10 X-11 Scudderia furcata Brunner von Fork-tailed Bush Katydid X-8 X-6 X T Wattenwyl 1878 Scudderia pistillata Brunner von Broad-winged Bush Katydid X X-6 X Wattenwyl 1878 Scudderia septentrionalis (Serville 1839) Northern Bush Katydid X-10 Tettigoniinae Roeseliana roeselii (Hagenbach 1822) Roesel’s Shield-backed Katydid N-3 N-11 Conocephalinae Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder 1862) Short-winged Meadow Katydid X-5 Conocephalus fasciatus (De Geer 1773) Slender Meadow Katydid X X X Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris 1841) Sword-bearing Conehead Katydid X N Neoconocephalus retusus (Scudder 1878) Round-tipped Conehead Katydid V-2 Orchelimum gladiator Bruner 1891 Gladiator Meadow Katydid X-6 X-5 Meconematinae Meconema thalassinum (De Geer 1773) Drumming Katydid N-11 N-11 b Gryllotalpidae Gryllotalpinae Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (L. 1758) European Mole Cricket A-11 b V Scapteriscinae Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus (Scudder 1869) Short-winged Mole Cricket A-11 OL Gryllidae Gryllinae Acheta domesticus (L. 1758) House Cricket N N Gryllus pennsylvanicus Burmeister 1838 Fall Field Cricket X X X . 132 Nemobiinae Allonemobius allardi (Alexander and Allard’s Ground Cricket X X Thomas 1959) 2018 TABLE 1. (continued) Occurrence‡ Order Family Subfamily Species* Common name† NB PEI NS Allonemobius fasciatus (De Geer 1773) Striped Ground Cricket X X X Eunemobius carolinus (Scudder 1877) Carolina Ground Cricket X X X Neonemobius palustris (Blatchley 1900) Sphagnum Ground Cricket X-5 X Oecanthinae Oecanthus nigricornis Walker 1869 Black-horned Tree Cricket X-4 X-11 X-5 b K Acrididae Cyrtacanthacridinae Schistocerca nitens (Thunberg 1815) Gray Bird Grasshopper A LYM Schistocerca americana (Drury 1773) American Bird Grasshopper A-11 K Melanoplinae Booneacris glacialis (Scudder 1863) Wingless Mountain Grasshopper X X X O Melanoplus bivittatus (Say 1825) Two-striped Grasshopper X X X ET Melanoplus borealis (Fieber 1853) Northern Grasshopper X X X Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker 1870) Huckleberry Grasshopper X X X AL . Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer 1773) Red-legged Grasshopper X X X : O Melanoplus keeleri Thomas 1874 Keeler’s Grasshopper X X R T Melanoplus punctulatus (Scudder 1862) Grizzly Grasshopper X-6 HOP Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius 1798) Migratory Grasshopper X X X T Melanoplus stonei Rehn 1904 Stone’s Grasshopper X X-6 ERA Oedipodinae Camnula pellucida (Scudder 1862) Clear-winged Grasshopper X X X Chortophaga viridifasciata (De Geer 1773) Green-striped Grasshopper X X-6 X AND Dissosteira carolina (L. 1758) Carolina Grasshopper X X X Pardalophora apiculata (Harris 1835) Coral-winged Grasshopper X ALLIES Spharagemon bolli Scudder 1875 Boll’s Grasshopper X-6 Trimerotropis verruculata (Kirby 1837) Crackling Grasshopper X X X Stethophyma gracile (Scudder 1862) Graceful Sedge Grasshopper X X X O Stethophyma lineatum (Scudder 1862) Striped Sedge Grasshopper X X X F T HE Gomphocerinae Chloealtis
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